The Parrots, the second novel by British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman, is set to be one of this summer's top beach-holiday reads. The fashion world is already buzzing - Victoria Beckham, pictured with the author, has already instagrammed rather gushingly about it.

The Parrots, the second novel by British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman, is set to be one of this summer's top beach-holiday reads. The fashion world is already buzzing - Victoria Beckham, pictured with the author, has already instagrammed rather gushingly about it.

Shulman's first book - Can We Still Be Friends - was lightly entertaining. This promises to be the same. Both books also offer a wealth of characters that just might be based on famous fashion faces, lending it a satisfying people-spotting element.